Combined box, ejector, and cover.



H. O. LEIGHTON. COMBINED BOX, EJEGTOR, AND COVER.

APPLICATION FILED 3AM. 28, 1910.

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COMBINED BOX, EJECTOR, AND COVER.

Toall whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HUGH C. LEIsH'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine,have invented a new and Ejector, and Cover,

useful Combined Box,

is a specification.

of which the following This invention i eiates to improvements inboxes,cases or packages adapted to contain cards or other viding a case ofsuitable material having one therefor.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification,.Figiinproved box; Fig. 2 is a planview of the back side; Fig. 3' is avertical cross section; Fig. 4 is a plan view of one form of thecombined ejector and cover and Fig. 5 is a plan view of a different formof the improved combined ejector ,and cover.

Same reference characters indicate like parts in the several views. 4Referring to the drawing 1 is a suitable casing open at one end. Thiscasing may be made of any suitable material, eitherv rigid or flexible,that is adapted to contain cards, sheets of .paper or other smallarticles, a pack of cards 2 bein shown. The ejector 3 is adapted to passt rough an opening 4 --in the back side of the case and is secured totheinside of the cover 5 preferably at a point 6 some distance from theextreme-edge of the cover, so that a portion of the cover projects downbelow the opening in the side of the case forming a complete seal forsaid opening. The cover then passes up the side over the end and downthe front side ofthe case a suitable distance and is adapted to besecured to the case in any convenient manner, as for example, by a balland socket fastening 7. The end of the ejector is secured to the insideof the front of the case as seen at 8. When the box contains a series Iof articles, pencils, cigarettes or similar articles a portion of theejector is made as wide as the casev as seen at 9 in Fig. 5, so as toextend entirely across the bottom of the case.

' The operation of my improved ejector and Specification ofhlette'rsPatent. Application filed annary 28, 1910. Serial N 0. 540,712.

When filling the boxarticles and consists in pro-.

opening in one side thereof, of

box

Patented July 5,1910.

cover is as follows: the articles are placed upon the ejector and"forced down into the position shown in Fi 3 and the cover secured, thecontents of the box tending to hold the flap of the cover to which theejector is attached close to the bodyon that side. To remove thearticles from the case the' cover is unfastened lifted off from the endof'the case and is further used as a hand hold to draw the ejectorthrough the opening in the side. This causes the bottom of the ejectorto rise in the box carrying with it the articles held thereby andthis-is continued' until the articles are drawn far enough abovetheendof the box to permit of their ready removal.

Having thus described my invention and its use I claim v 1. In abox,'the combination with a body portion open at one end and having anopenng in one side thereof, of a fiexlble cover having a body part andtwo flaps extending down the sides of'the body when the cover is closed,means for fastening one of said flaps to the body and an ejector offlexible material, one end of which is securedto the inside of. the boxbody, the other end passing through the openlng in the side of the boxand secured to the-other cover flap so that said flap is held therebyclose to the body of the box when the cover-is closed.

I 2. In a box, the combination with a body portion open at one end andhaving an i a flexible cover having a body part and two flaps, one ofsaid flaps covering the opening in the side of the box when the cover isclosed,

means for fastening the other flap to the body and an ejector offlexible material, one end of which is secured to the inside of thebody, the other end passing through the opening in the side of the boxbody and secured to the overlying cover flap so'that said ,flap is heldthereby close to the body of the box when the cover is closed. January26, 1910. i I

v HUGH C. LEIGHTON. Witnesses: I v v ELsm G. VERRiLL, MARY 0. PAGE.

